箴言 14
1 智慧的婦女，足以興家；愚昧的婦女，親手將家拆毀。
Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.
2 履行正路的人，敬畏上主；愛走曲徑的人，輕視上主。
He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.
3 愚昧人口中，有傲慢的根苗；智慧人的唇舌，是自己的保障。
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
4 沒有耕牛，沒有五穀；耕牛愈雄壯，收穫愈豐富。
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
5 忠實的證人，決不說謊；虛偽的證人，謊言連篇。
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
6 輕狂人求智，只屬徒然；明智人求知，卻很容易。
A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understands.
7 你應遠離愚昧的人，由他口中決得不到明哲。
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge.
8 明智人的智慧，在於審察自己的行徑；愚昧人的昏愚，在於自欺欺人。
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
9 罪孽住在愚昧人中，恩愛與正直人為伍。
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.
10 心頭的愁苦，唯有自己知；心中的喜樂，他人無分享。
The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy.
11 邪僻人的家庭，必遭破壞；正直人的帳幕，卻要興隆。
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
12 有些道路，看來正直；走到盡頭，卻是死路。
There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
13 連在歡笑中，心亦有感傷；歡笑的結局，往往是痛苦。
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness.
14 變心的人，必自嘗其果；良善的人，必得其善報。
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
15 幼稚的人，有話必信；明智的人，步步謹慎。
The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going.
16 智慧人戒避邪惡，愚昧人驕矜自負。
A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.
17 易怒的人，做事昏愚；慎思的人，事事含忍。
He that is soon angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
18 愚昧的人，以愚昧為基業；明智的人，以知識為冠冕。
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19 歹徒將伏在善人面前，惡人將跪在義人門前。
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20 貧窮的人，為親朋所厭；富貴的人，則高朋滿座。
The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich has many friends.
21 藐視近人，便是犯罪；憐憫苦人，纔是有福。
He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.
22 陰謀邪惡的人，豈非走入歧途﹖策劃行善的人，必獲慈惠忠誠。
Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
23 一切勞苦皆有利益；只有閒談，引人貧窮。
In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to penury.
24 智慧人的冠冕，是他們的機智；愚昧人的冠冕，是他們的糊塗。
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
25 忠實的見證，救人性命；作假證的人，危害他人。
A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful witness speaks lies.
26 敬畏上主，是穩固的靠山；為他的子孫，也是個避難所。
In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
27 敬畏上主，是生命的泉源，使人脫免死亡的羅網。
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
28 人民眾多，是君王的光榮；庶民缺少，是王侯的沒落。
In the multitude of people is the king’s honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
29 緩於發怒的人，必甚有見識；脾氣暴躁的人，必大顯愚昧。
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
30 心平氣和，使身體康健；心懷嫉忌，使骨骸腐蝕。
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
31 欺壓窮人的，就是凌辱他的造主；憐恤苦人的，就是尊敬他的造主。
He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.
32 惡人因自己的邪惡，必被毀滅；義人因自己的正義，有所憑藉。
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.
33 智慧居於哲人的心中，愚人的懷中一無所見。
Wisdom rests in the heart of him that has understanding: but that which is in the middle of fools is made known.
34 正義能以興邦立國，罪惡卻使人民衰落。
Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
35 明哲的臣僕，蒙受君王的寵幸；無用的臣僕，必遭君王的盛怒。
The king’s favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.
